1.5. MAC Address Pools

Procedure 1.7. Creating a MAC Address Pool

1. On the header bar, click the Configure button to open the Configure window.
2. Click the MAC Address Pools tab.
3. Click the Add button to open the New MAC Address Pool window.
   

   Figure 1.11. The New MAC Address Pool Window

4. Enter the Name and Description of the new MAC address pool.
5. Select the Allow Duplicates check box to allow a MAC address to be used multiple times in a pool. The MAC address pool will not automatically use a duplicate MAC address, but enabling the duplicates option means a user can manually use a duplicate MAC address.

   Note

   If one MAC address pool has duplicates disabled, and another has duplicates enabled, each MAC address can be used once in the pool with duplicates disabled but can be used multiple times in the pool with duplicates enabled.
6. Enter the required MAC Address Ranges. To enter multiple ranges click the plus button next to the From and To fields.
7. Click OK.

Procedure 1.8. Editing MAC Address Pool Properties

1. On the header bar, click the Configure button to open the Configure window.
2. Click the MAC Address Pools tab.
3. Select the MAC address pool to be edited.
4. Click the Edit button to open the Edit MAC Address Pool window.
5. Change the Name, Description, Allow Duplicates, and MAC Address Ranges fields as required.

   Note

   When a MAC address range is updated, the MAC addresses of existing NICs are not reassigned. MAC addresses that were already assigned, but are outside of the new MAC address range, are added as user-specified MAC addresses and are still tracked by that MAC address pool.
6. Click OK.

Procedure 1.9. Editing MAC Address Pool Permissions

1. On the header bar, click the Configure button to open the Configure window.
2. Click the MAC Address Pools tab.
3. Select the required MAC address pool.
4. Edit the user permissions for the MAC address pool:
   • To add user permissions to a MAC address pool:
     1. Click Add in the user permissions pane at the bottom of the Configure window.
     2. Search for and select the required users.
     3. Select the required role from the Role to Assign drop-down list.
     4. Click OK to add the user permissions.
   • To remove user permissions from a MAC address pool:
     1. Select the user permission to be removed in the user permissions pane at the bottom of the Configure window.
     2. Click Remove to remove the user permissions.

Procedure 1.10. Removing a MAC Address Pool

1. On the header bar, click the Configure button to open the Configure window.
2. Click the MAC Address Pools tab.
3. Select the MAC address pool to be removed.
4. Click the Remove button to open the Remove MAC Address Pool window.
5. Click OK.